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Finn pushed open the door to Rachel's bedroom slowly, unsure if she was asleep. "Rach?" When he heard a groan come from the middle of her bed, he let out a small chuckle and stepped further into the room, shutting the door behind him. "How are you feeling, baby?"
Rachel's head of messy hair peeked out from under her blankets. "Sick," she groaned. She pulled the covers back from her face entirely, revealing how absolutely miserable she looked. Rachel hated being sick—and the last thing she wanted was for Finn to see her like this.
Sitting on the side of the bed, Finn tenderly brushed some of Rachel's hair back from her face. With his other hand, he revealed the large paper bag he had. "I thought we could have lunch together," he said. "I brought you some chicken noodle soup."
Rachel's eyes lit up. "With extra noodles?"
"Of course." Finn leaned forward to kiss her forehead and she scooted over on the bed to make room for him. Finn pulled out her container of soup and a spoon and handed it to Rachel, making sure that she was all settled before he grabbed his own sandwich from the paper bag. Reaching for the second surprise he had brought, Finn revealed the DVD version of Sound of Music. When they had started dating four months before, Rachel had told him that that was the movie she used to watch with her fathers when she was sick.
"You're sweet," Rachel said before she tucked her soup-laden spoon in her mouth. She let out a small noise of appreciation; the soup was the perfect thing to soothe her sore throat.
Once Rachel was finished with her soup, Finn discarded the container and spoon in the paper bag. "Do you want me to make you some tea?" he asked.
Rachel nodded her head. She absolutely adored how Finn was taking care of her. She hadn't even asked him to come; he just showed up with everything she could have needed when she was sick. "With some lemon and honey, please."
Finn stood and kissed Rachel's forehead again. She smiled and closed her eyes, snuggling further into the pillows as the banter of the Von Trapp children lulled her to a near sleep.
She stirred when Finn came back into the room, closing the door behind him. Rachel stretched and yawned, pulling the blankets up to her chin as she gave Finn a sleepy smile. He set the mug of tea on the bedside table and sat next to Rachel, chuckling a little. As he was so used to her boundless energy and constant need to sing, Finn had never seen her like this before.
"I was going to let you sleep, you know," Finn said.
Rachel pouted and shook her head. "I already missed all of my classes today. There is absolutely no way I'm going to miss spending time with you." To prove her point, Rachel pulled the covers back and patted the spot next to her. Snuggling up with Finn was one of her favorite things to do.
Finn slipped into the bed next to Rachel and pulled her into his arms. She snuggled against his chest and closed her eyes, loving the feeling of being able to sink into his warm embrace. "It's okay for you to miss your classes, you know," Finn said. "Everyone deserves a sick day."
Rachel let out a small incredulous noise. "That's easy for you to say. You're graduating in a few months."
Finn shrugged his shoulders and moved his fingers up and down Rachel's back in a soothing pattern. "You can still sleep and spend time with me too," he murmured. "I'll be right here when you wake up."
Rachel peered up at him. "Really?"
"Really." He gave her that adorable half smile. "I'm your personal doctor, Rachel Berry. You can't get rid of me."
A serene smile came on to Rachel's lips. "Thank you, Finn," she whispered. "I don't think anyone has ever done something like this for me before." True, her fathers and mother had taken care of her when she was sick. But it was so different to have someone like Finn care for her.
Finn's grin widened and he leaned forward, his lips seeking hers. Rachel pulled back immediately and giggled when she saw the pout on Finn's lips. Reaching up, she patted his cheek.
"Finn, I don't want to get you sick," Rachel said.
Finn shook his head and slid a hand up to Rachel's cheek, causing her to stay in place. "Don't care," he said before his lips came down over hers, giving her a sweet, tender kiss.
Rachel couldn't even be mad at him when he pulled back and gave her that sweet, goofy half smile. She had a feeling that she was falling in love with this sweet man.
A week later, Rachel was well and it was Finn that was bed ridden with sickness.
"I told you so," Rachel chided gently as she pressed a cool compress to Finn's forehead. "But you didn't listen to me."
Finn gave her a tired smile. "Worth it," he mumbled before he drifted off to sleep.
Rachel's heart filled with warmth for the man laying the bed in front of her. And in that moment, she knew it was true: Rachel Berry had definitely fallen in love with Finn Hudson.
Author's Note: This was another one that was inspired by How I Met Your Mother. :) And you'll definitely get to see a lot more of Finn and Rachel's relationship developing over the course of these drabbles. Thanks for reading!